Mary,
In [1], you submitted the following comment on the Last Call Working
Draft of XSLT 2.0 and XQuery 1.0 Serialization on behalf of the XML Schema
Working Group:
> [B] [Section 2: Serializing Arbitrary Data Models] "cast as xs:string"
is a
> key phrase in this section. To improve readability, there should be a
> pointer to what "cast as xs:string" means.
>
> We found 2 locations where how to "cast as xs:string" is indirectly
> described,
>
> [1]
>
http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-xpath-datamodel-20031112/#ElementNodeAccessors
> (see dm:string-value)
> [2]
>
http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-xpath-datamodel-20031112/#AttributeNodeAccessors
> (see dm:string-value)
>
> We found 1 location where how to "cast to string is directly described,
>
> [3]
http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-xpath-functions-20031112/#casting-to-string
Thanks to you and to the working group for this comment.
The XSL and XML Query Working Groups discussed the comment, and
agreed that the description should indicate that Section 2 of
Serialization should refer to a normative definition of casting to string.
The working groups decided the normative definition should be that found
in the Functions and Operators draft.[3]
May I ask you to confirm that the working group finds the response
acceptable?
Thanks,
Henry [On behalf of the XSL and XML Query Working Groups]
[4]
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-qt-comments/2004Feb/0262.html
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